A 220 volt, 1000 watt bulb is connected across a 110 volt mains supply. The power consumed will be
750 watt
500 watt
250 watt
1000 watt
A piece of copper and another of germanium are cooled from room temperature to 80K.The resistance of
each of them increases
each of them decreases
copper increases and germanium decreases
copper decreases and germanium increases
A 50C rise in temperature is observed in a conductor by passing a current. When the current is doubled the rise in temperature will be approximately :
160C
100C
200C
120C
The velocity of charge carriers of current(about 1A) in a metal under normal conditions is of the order of
a fraction of mm/s
velocity of light
several thousand m/s
a few hundred m/s
The temperature of inversion of a thermocouple is 6200 C and the neutral temperature is 3000CWhat is the temperature of cold junction?
200c
3200c
-200c
400c
In a potentiometer of 10 wires, the balance point is obtained on the 7th wire. To shift the balance point to 9th wire, we should
decrease resistance in the main circuit
increase resistance in series with circuit
decrease resistance in series with the cell whose emf is to be measured
increase resistance in series with the cell whose emf is to be determined
A battery is used to charge a parallel plate capacitor till the potential difference between the plates becomes equal to the electromotive force of the battery. The ratio of the energy stored in the capacitor and the work done by the battery will be
1/2
1
2
1/4
Fuse wire is a wire of
low resistance and low melting point
low resistance and high melting point
high resistance and high melting point
high resistance and low melting point
The negative Zn pole of a Daniell cell, sending a contant current through a circuit, decreases in mass by 0.13 g in 30 minutes. If the electrochemical equivalent of Zn and Cu are 32.5 and 31.5 respectively, the increase in the mass of the positive Cu pole in this time is
0.180 g
0.141 g
0.126 g
0.242 g
A condenser having a capacity of 2 μF is charged to 200 V and then the plates of the capacitor are connected to a resistance wire.The heat produced is
2 x 10-2 J
4 x 10-2 J
4 x 10-4 J
4 x 1010 J